Osijek prison massacre explained

Osijek prison massacre was a massacre which was committed by the members of OZNA.[1] Shortly after Second World War finished, 25 October 1945, they killed 48 Croatian war prisoners by throwing bombs and shooting them with firearms.[2]

Prisoners were situated in Osijek prison without water and food in unhygienic conditions. When they referred to the Geneva Convention, members of OZNA came and killed them all.[3]

Seventy-one years after the crime, Dragan Vulin, deputy of Osijek-Baranja county, Croatian defenders, domobrans and members of Croatian Army, revealed a memorial plaque on 25 October 2016 in remembrance of this crime.[4]

Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović send a letter in which she stressed importance of discovering mass partisan and Yugoslav crimes against Croats and other people.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.buz.hr/vijesti/buz-podruznice/obiljezena-70-ta-obljetnica-masakra-ozna-u-osijeku 71st anniversary of Osijek prison massacre
  2. http://www.valpovstina.info/index.php/vijesti/4099-u-osijeku-otkrivena-spomen-ploca-u-znak-sjecanja-na-zrtve-jugo-komunistickog-zlocina-1945-godine City of Valpovo – memorial plaque opened as a sign of memory on Osijek prison massacre
  3. https://komunistickizlocini.net/2016/10/26/ubacivsi-bombe-u-celije-zatvora-u-osijeku-ozna-napravila-masakr-nad-48-hrvatskih-zatocenika-25-listopada-1945/ Communist crimes against Croats after World War II – Osijek prison massacre
  4. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/315531/3/Otkrivena-spomen-ploca-u-sjecanje-na-zrtve-komunistickog-terora-1945 Memorial plaque for Osijek prison massacre
  5. http://hdz-obz.com/www/?p=12413 Memorial plaque on 71st anniversary of Osijekprisson massacre

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